lighthouse

Example Sentences

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I walk a frozen Bothnian Gulf at Nallikari, an obscured lighthouse, a delinquent lifeguard stand, and makeshift saunas stand on white expanse like archaeology.

From Salon • Mar. 8, 2026

They spin rapidly and generate intense magnetic fields, producing focused beams of radio waves that sweep across space like the beam of a lighthouse.

From Science Daily • Feb. 17, 2026

The Maritime & Coastguard Agency broadcasted warnings to ships in the Solent after the containers came off cargo ship the Baltic Klipper near the Nab tower lighthouse, off Bembridge.

From BBC • Dec. 8, 2025

That leaves the Fed’s deliberations comparable to “trying to bring a boat to shore in the pitch black and having the lighthouse go dark,” Richmond Fed President Thomas Barkin said this week.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 22, 2025

They were crouched in a loose huddle behind the grass, taking turns peeking at the lighthouse.

From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs